Press releases and statements

The United Nations continues to scale-up its support to the Ministry of Health and Sports and relevant departments of Government of Myanmar in the wake of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. The...

The priority of this funding is to implement vital programmes that meet the immediate needs of affected populations, particularly those in the provinces of Lac, Kanem and Barh-El-Gazal.

(N'Djamena, le 01 avril 2020): le Sous-secrétaire général des Nations Unies chargé des affaires humanitaires et Coordonnateur des secours d’urgence, Mark Lowcock a validé le 18 mars 2020 le...

Abuja, 31 March 2020 – The United Nations in Nigeria on Tuesday declared it is taking emergency preparedness and response measures to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus to the most vulnerable...

Khartoum, 29 March 2020. The Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Gwi-Yeop Son, calls for a ceasefire across Sudan as part of a global fight against coronavirus pandemic. “It is time to put armed...

Panamá, 27 de marzo 2020 En un intento por proteger a millones de personas, las Naciones Unidas lanzó el 25 de marzo un plan coordinado de respuesta humanitaria global de 2.000 millones de dólares...

Panamá, 27 March 2020 In a bid to protect millions of people, the United Nations launched a US$2 billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan on 25 March to fight COVID-19 in countries with...

(Kyiv, 26 March): In conjunction with the launch of the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Ms. Osnat Lubrani today issued...

La respuesta de $ 2 mil millones impactará a 51 países, incluidos los más vulnerables, y se enfocará en entregar equipos de laboratorio e instalar estaciones de lavado de manos, entre otras medidas.

UN humanitarian chief warns that failing to help vulnerable countries fight the coronavirus now could place millions at risk and leave the virus free to circle back around the globe.